The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-12
CITIES TO BE PROUD OF.
CLEVELAND ON THE RIVALRY OF
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS.


Place Military Companies and Citi-
zens Escort the Visitors to the Ex-
position-Off to Omaha.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 1.-THE sun and Presi-
dent came out rather late this morning, and
frightened up the hitherto chilly and cloudy
morning, until it warmed into regular
Cleveland weather, with Minnesota sharp
ness to it. The city looked very pretty this
morning in its dress of fiuttering streamers,
and the streets were all alive with animated
sightseers. The Presidential party break
tasted together about o'clock, and at 9:45
o'clock took carriages for drive around
the city. In the first carriage were Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland and Mayor Smith; /;
in the second carriage Hon. William F.
Villas, Mrs. S. j. r. Mcmillan and Miss
Ada Murphy; in the third carriage
Col d; 5. Lamont, d; H.
Moon, Lewis Baker and Thomas
Cochran Jr.; in the fourth carriage DR..
Bryant, Lane X. Sloan, Peter Dermey and
Albert Scheffer; in the fifth carriage Judge
Bissel, Charles H. Lienau, ex-Gov. William
r. Marshall and Maurice Auerbach. Fol-
lowing came carriages with local and visit
ing reporters. The party took lunch at
noon at the Minnesota Club. A big crowd
was waiting at the hotel to see the party
and everywhere along the route were more
people, women and children predominating
In the residence portions of the city.
WELL RECEIVED.
Everywhere President and Mrs. Cleve-
land were met with pleasant demonstrations
of respect and interest, which they heartily
acknowledged. The drive was revelation
to Mrs. Cleveland. The splendid advance
ment of the city since she saw it, school
girl of IA, being only equaled by her own
brilliant destiny. At Summit Park, in the
very heart of the beautiful residence portion
of the city, several hundred ladies and chill
dren had gathered, and the children's
shrill voices and the waving of
dainty handkerchiefs as the four
white horses, drawing the Presidential
couple came prancing by, made very ami.
mated scene, which greatly pleased and
interested the visitors. 1t is the boast of
st. Paul people that no other city has resi-
dence street with so many beautiful views
as Summit avenue, and the lovely hills on
which the city lies looked their best this
morning in their garb of autumnal foliage,
with viStas of loveliness between the palatial
residences to the smoke-wreathed valley and
pnrpling hills beyond. Not many private
residences were decorated, but that of z. H.
Kelly was handsomely adorned and beau
tiful arch spanned the street in front of it.
At the residence of Mayor Smith, the
President, Mrs. Cleveland and Gov.
McGill stopped a few minutes and
partook of some light refreshments. No
other stop was made. Mrs. Cleveland re-
manned at Mayor Smiths residence after
the drive, while the President was taken to
the Minnesota Club, where the members
of the club were presented and an informal
but elegant little lunch was served, Con-
gresham Rice, Gov. McGill, Judge Nelson
and two or three others sitting down with
the gentlemen of the Presidents party.
OFF FOR MINNEAPOLIS.
Mrs Cleveland was driven down to the
station by Mrs. Smith, meeting the Presi-
dent there at 12:30 o'clock, when the start
for Minneapolis was made amid the hearty
farewell cheers of the crowd gathered.
Both the President and Mrs. Cleve-
land expressed themselves as highly
pleased with their visit to St Paul
The President said of the parade of the
tobogganerS last night that it was the finest
and most unique exhibition of the kind he
ever saw, and both he and Mrs. Cleveland
were as pleased as children, says Gov. Nc
Gill, over the handsome residences and
beautiful views they saw on their drive this
morning
AN OVATION FROM THE JUMP.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 1.-THE Presidential
party arrived here at ! o'clock this after
noon from ST. Paul, and were Immediately
escorted to the West Hotel. The streets
were thronged with people, many of whom
came hundreds of miles to see President and
Mrs. Cleveland, and the party was accorded
magnificent ovation that the chill breezes
were powerlesS to affect.
DRIVE ABOUT TOWN.
When the Presidential party arrived at
the West Hotel, Mrs. Cleveland was shown
to apartments reserved for her. After
lunch, which was served in private, the
party took carriages, and, escorted by a
division of police and number of carriages
filed with citizens, viewed the finer business
and residence portions of the city. 1t was
about O'Clock when the drive was finished,
and the President was at once conducted to
the balcony over the main entrance of the
West Hotel, and after brief introduction
by Mayor Ames, addressed the multitude as
follows:
have come from the wonderful city of st.
Paul to see its twin wonder aud the people of
Minneapolis. ! have lately seen n little book
entitled Minneapolis and ~. Paul Compared,
which deals deIloshing blows 10 the pietense
of the latter named city, that it is in any phase
or feature the equal Of tins. | became a little
confused by tile facts and figures stated
and determined to see both cities as the best
means of settling the question discussed with
so much spirit. have arrived at the conclusion
now that if these two wonderful cities are not
satisfied with their respective conditions Of
growth and greatness. all the rest of their
amazed fellow cOuntTymen are. While the
people of these rival places are twisting figures
about to determine which is the greatest the
rest of IIs are pointing to you both as the best
eXemplihcations Of what American pluck and
energy can accomplish. When sec this hand
some city, with its splendid residences and inn
mense business blocks, with its activity and
stir and when it occurs to me that am al the
greatest wheat market of the world, that the
largest flour mill in existence is located here
thar the capacity of all of such
mills in Minneapolis exceeds 5000 barrels
of flour n day and that these
mills are In direct communication with the mar
kets OF Europe and that1 900 900 barrels of Hour
are annually exported from this city to foreign
countries, find myself wondering how much
farther would have 10 go TO reach the West
that is the "out West which used
10 be presented to my young imagna-
filed by men, women, children and house
keeping utensils As these establishments
dragged slowly through the village on their
way "out West il seemed to their occupants
that they had forever bid farewell 10 civiliza-
ton. This was not so very long ago; and perhaps
saw in these covered wagons some Of the pio-
neers of Minnesota, and perhaps some of the
early settlers of Minneapolis wore there In
1870 the population Of your State WAS 10000 of
which 1900 were born In the state Of New York,
nearly one-eleventh of the whole. SO you
see IL would be nothing strange If o New York
boy had seen some OF these 1S,aO0 people OFT
their way here do not mention this large pro
portion of New York people among your popu
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